Henley Family History

Henley Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the various places so
called. Most, for example those in Oxfordshire, Suffolk, and
Warwickshire, are named with Old English héan (the weak
dative case of heah ‘high’, originally used after a
preposition and article) + Old English leah ‘wood’,
‘clearing’. Others, for example one near Ludlow in Shropshire, have as
their first element Old English henn ‘hen’, ‘wild bird’. Others
still, for example those in Somerset and Surrey, are ambiguous between
the two possibilities.In Ireland, Henley is used for
Hennelly, and sometimes for Hanley.Possibly
an Americanized spelling of German Henle.

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